Main causes of death in uremic patients on RRT (1995)
| Causes of death | Number of deaths | % |
| Unknown cause | 93 | 4.9 |
| Cardiac | 902 | 42.5 |
| Infectious | 185 | 8.7 |
| Gastro intestinal | 71 | 3.3 |
| Cachexia | 107 | 5 |
| Neoplasm | 192 | 9 |
| Vascular | 283 | 13.3 |
| Social | 25 | 1.2 |
| Others | 265 | 12.5 |
patients and to 60% of transplanted patients.)
Number of deaths and gross mortality rate in Italian Regions
in ESRF patients on RRT in 1995
| Italian Regions | Number of deaths | Gross mortality rate % |
| Piedmont | 347 | 11,3 |
| Valle Aosta | 12 | 12,3 |
| Lombardia | 720 | 11,7 |
| Trentino | 76 | 14,1 |
| Veneto | 299 | 12 |
| Friuli | 89 | 12,4 |
| Liguria | n.a. | - |
| Emilia | 289 | 11,8 |
| Tuscany | 259 | 10,8 |
| Umbria | 97 | 15 |
| Marche | 122 | 11,1 |
| Lazio | 384 | 11,5 |
| Abruzzo* | 35 | 4,4 |
| Molise | 29 | 12,4 |
| Campania | n.a | - |
| Puglia - Basilicata | 241 | 8,2 |
| Calabria | 145 | 11,3 |
| Sicily | n.a. | - |
| Sardegna | 105 | 7,8 |
| Italy | 3249 | 11 |
(* undervalued data; n.a.= data not available)
